tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28108101544364074412024-12-18T22:23:31.157-05:00Personal rants about public things. The chaotic human dalliance with nature, social interaction, and existence fuels my ire. Get ready.Holly Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08102929751215840202noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810810154436407441.post-23534512611891095192018-02-19T08:00:00.000-05:002018-02-19T08:00:25.063-05:00

I called a local business the other day and sat on the postmodern version of hold. Waiting for the endless phone menu to end, or at least come to a number I could press to get a live human being, I started ranting to the robot voice on the phone: "Just give me a person to talk to... Why can't the number for a real human be first on the list (#2 in this excellent article) ... I won't

Holly Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08102929751215840202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810810154436407441.post-6692275958497271482018-02-16T13:17:00.000-05:002018-02-17T16:06:05.503-05:00

Like everyone, I can't get over the paradox that is America, a modern democracy with all the potential in the world to do good and be good. But, yet another terrible gun violence tragedy just unfolded in Florida. I am Canadian. We also have a constitution, but have clear decisions on the "right to bear arms" concept. In Canada it does not fly.  We own guns, we hunt, but

Holly Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08102929751215840202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810810154436407441.post-77700527180142191552018-02-16T13:07:00.000-05:002018-02-17T16:05:20.918-05:00

If I put my rant in a bottle And into the virtual sea Would the internet take it And bring it today To the world so that others may see? If I put my rant in a bottle  And let it float far off from me With hopes that my thought Will not be for nought Will it reach some minds willing to be? If I put my rant in a bottle And it causes a person to see

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